rana?uld. >> and safer politically for an election in a general election give the fact people normally want to switch parties every eight years. you don't want to run as a xerox of obama. your thoughts. >> i do think she's to the right on foreign policy. i think what's going to be really interesting is seeing where she is economically. she's been very savvy about using economic state craft to advance foreign policy goals for the u.s. it will be interesting to see what she brings to the economic debate because i think that's still going to be a debate in the next election. jobs. how to grow, how to get the country back on track. it will be really interesting to see where it comes off. >> i have you as a feminist, everybody is a feminist right now. it's a good position to be in politically. do you think she will have an unusually high draw among women voters? and that's maybe a dumb question but could she get up to 65% or 70% of the women voters aer as opposed to 55%. >> >> that would be a hi

of eight million where one in three is foreign-born. >> the way i did it is quite -- fitting with rana's prescription. i just started to show up at cultural organizations and churches and mosques and restaurants and hair-braiding salons. >> reporter: his photographs are now on display at this community center, the jcc in manhattan. >> you ever heard of this country, yemen? >> yeah. >> okay, like it's in the middle east area. >> reporter: one of the 169 faces is yelyi nordone, a nicaraguan orphan, adopted and brought to the u.s. at 7. she is 16 now, and her picture is sandwiched between mia from new zealand and sonia from niger. >> knowing that there are other kids that are from different places and they're actually living here makes me feel welcome. >> before i meet them, the most important thing is they're from a country so i can scratch it off the list. but once i meet them, it becomes less important. >> reporter: why? >> each one of these pictures, i hope, captures a very specific moment that reveals the authentic spirit of who these children are. >> reporter: goldfield wants viewers

next year on march third through sixth year rana will hostin environmental forum on key shiloh and. where eight gulf nations will discuss these standards. and want to convince you know rob me also in addition to these eight nations various international organizations will be represented there. in other words there is no threat of an oil spill in the persian gulf and you don't confirm that iran considers such a step. now not only we deny that we regard this as an element of psychological war against iran. machete q such things simply can't all be done. so how much. is that the vice president. spotlight will be back shortly right after the break so stay with us. i think i'm i'm. i'm . deadly rivals for decades. if good fifteen people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be a. self-imposed costs from society i will cut myself am i going to tax my brother understand my. going to be. the cause of my anger and my frustration. that. got. into the dome. to the most violent gangs in us history. is just all model kill or be killed with colors matching t

would that be smart rana? >> for the country, not. for the republicans sadly maybe so. get to a point where the president has less leverage. is the u.s. going to default on its debt, are we going to be back in that position we were in not so long ago? that will be a tough spot. the political fallout and the economic fallout of that, the u.s. never defaulted on its debt, there was a terrible market volatility and business leaders who are ready to invest in this country i think in the right circumstances say this political game of chicken is the biggest empidiment to growth in the country. >> it seemed like nancy pelosi was in favor of some two-part solution. let me play what she said last night. >> we've talked about a two-step, a downpayment on cuts, on investments and on revenue this year and then in the next year take the time to go over what we would do with real revenue reform. you can't do it in a matter of weeks right now. >> i mean you hear a lot of that, there's only so much you can do. chris, you don't want to rush into making complicated decisions that should

former white house budget director peter orszag and rana foroohar.nd mike allen with the "politico playbook." >>> first, bill karins with the forecast. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> happy hanukkah. >> that probably will be the only gift. good morning. if you're in dallas-ft. worth, take your kids and look outside. it is snowing. doesn't happen all that often. a little band of snow right over the top of ft. worth, will shortly be over dallas. could drop a quarter to a half inch of snow. temperatures right around freezing. it could be a little slippery. i know you don't drive on snow that often. it is brutally cold. it snowed hard in minneapolis over the weekend. ten inches of snow. windchills in the single digits and zeros all the way down to texas this morning. now, the east coast, you are nice and warm. you don't even need the jacket today. if anything, maybe the raincoat as we will watch that front coming through. look how warm it's going to be. could even see thunderstorms today, atlanta down to new orleans. and in new england, we are wa

the idea was sparked on a cross country trip when goldfield met rana singh sodhi at an arizona gas station. his brother had been murdered in a hate crime, gunned down in the days after 9/11. >> instead of receding from the world he did the opposite. he bravely said to me he was going to go out into the world and meet his neighbors. >> reporter: he was inspired to meet his own neighbors in a city of 8 million where one in three is foreign born. >> the way i did it is i started to show up at different organizations and mosques and restaurants. and also hair braiding salons. >> reporter: his photographs are now on display at this community center, jcc in manhattan. >> ever heard of this country yemen. it's like in the middle east area. >> reporter: one of the 169 faces. a nicauragan orphan who was adopted and brought to the u.s. at 7. she's 16 now. her picture is pictured between new zealand and niger. >> knowing other kids are from different places and living here makes me feel welcomed. >> before i meet them the most important thing they are from a country so i can scratch it off a list. on

rana, stay with us if you can put up with it.um the talk of the fiscal cliff what will it mean for your pocketbook if we go over it. gene joins us ahead. first we'll and the ranking member what he's doing to keep it from happening. i bet vanhollen is happy about that. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. share everything. share brotherly love. share one up's. mom ? mom ? the share everything plan. lets your family share a pool of data across 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. now get a lucid by lg, free. aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com pay, print, and have it picked up for free. any time of year. ♪ nice sweater. thank you. ♪ >>> joining us from washington co congressman chris van hollen from maryland. he can commute from his home to office every day. what's going to happen today? what good is it going to happen today? can anything good happen today? >> yes, something good can happen today. the

this was rana strasz phel first messiah. >> it felds joyous and overwhelming. >> john herzfeld has been these sounds in our animal spirit we're not sure the lights are going to come back. and what can bring light back better than music. >> a message of hope absolutely. amen. amen. >> jeff: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor cbs news in new york. i'll see you here again tomorrow night. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

this was rana strases first messiah. >> it felds joyous and overwhelming. >> reporter: john herzfeldcure for the wintertime blues. >> i think these sounds in our animal spirit we're not sure the lights are going to come back. and what can bring light back better than music. >> reporter: a message of hope, absolutely. amen. >> amen. >> glor: that is the "cbs evening news" tonight. later on cbs, "60 minutes." i'm jeff glor, cbs news in new york. i'll see you here again tomorrow night. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org the weekend storm. the treacherous conditions that caught many drivers off gua. there's not a lot we can do about it, we've tried sandbagging in the past and fruitless flood warnings still posted >>> there is not a lot we can do about it. we tried sandbagging in the past but it is fruitless. >>> and the heaviest showers head south, this is more on the way for christmas day. cbs 5 eyewitness news coming up next ,,,,,,,, the bay area wakes up to anr

going back to european history and of course the medieval period before the enlightenment before the rana sonce you had a system of serfs and lords there was very little in terms of justice here now today in london you have a bank h.s.b.c. one of the biggest banks in the world they were they were caught laundering money and financing al-qaeda and other terrorists but the government is saying that we can't prosecute them because it might disrupt the global banking system so we've gone from too big to fail to too big to prosecute we have a two tier justice system where the folks at the top i can break a law without any fear of any prosecution whatsoever so i understand what you're saying that people are going to go back to the hippie commune are going to grow their own food and it's going to be a big summer a love but if you've got banks who are out there committing crimes with no penalties whatsoever and they're bankrupting the global economy how do you get to the hippie paradise from there jerrold yeah i'm not talking about the hippie paradise i'm talking about when i'm talking about food

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. >> i want to thank you on that note to nicolas, joan, maggie, and rana.t is the end of the show. that's all for now. alex wagner returns tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when she is joined by chris hayes, melissa harris-perry, professor michael eric dyson, and dr. zinc emmanuel. until then, you can find alex on facebook.com/now with alex. andrea mitchell reports is next. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon, joy. great to see you there. thanks so much. coming up here, the country wants a compromise and do the clintons have their eye on the white house again in 2016? a lot of politics. plus, america seems to hope that the clintons do take that plunge. we'll have our new northbound news-wall street journal poll coming up. also, the international consensus is growing that syria's president's days are numbered. russia now joining in. could stronger laws have prevented that gun violence in oregon? we'll talk to brady campaign president dan gross. andrea mitchell reports is next right here. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% ann

tomorrow noon eastern, 9:00 pacific when joined by richard wolf, michael eric dyson, brian anderson and ranafacebook.com/now with alex. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. good afternoon, andrea. >> good afternoon, alex. thanks so much. coming up next on "andrea mitchell reports" republicans strike down the disabilities act. the treaty on disabilities in the senate. we'll talk to senator john kerry about why he calls it the saddest day in his senate career. plus, the fiscal cliff standoff with republican congressman tom cole and former treasury official robert alman. senator maria can'twell tackles the spike on the east coast. "andrea mitchell reports" is up next. how? they work with vmware to provide virtualization and cloud solutions tailored to a company's unique i.t. needs. so, you're my caddy. what solution would you provide for me now? well, you're 30 yards away from the green. you've got a bunker to the left of you and a bunker to the right of you. and remember, this is client golf. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth,

. >> rana thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> the fiscal cliff and other issues seem to be dragging down holiday shopping. forecasters predicted a big jump but analysts say it could be the worst in four years. elaine quijano has more. >> good morning to you jeff and rebecca. according to early numbers shoppers were not in the holiday spending spirit and some of the reasons had nothing to do with the economy. holiday retail sales grew just 0.7% this year far short of expectations and down from 2% a year ago. >> whether it was hurricane sandy and the need to spend on the home whether it was the tragedy in connecticut and took away the feel-good factor it was a confluence of events that led to a should have been better holiday season. >> reporter: in the densely populated northeast, where more than a fifth of the country's retail sales take place, homeowners hit hard by hurricane sandy spent more money on repairs than on holiday gifts. also dragging down sales was uncertainty about the fiscal cliff, tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect next year. if lawmakers don't reach a de